I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Mumbai) in Mar 2023
Interview
It's a lengthy interview process. There will be 4-5 rounds of interviews not including a screening call with HR. The first round was to evaluate my Python proficiency. The second round was an assignment that I had to finish in the weekend. The rest of the rounds were about my financial knowledge.
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They will ask you a lot of questions about your past projects.
First round online hackerrank test and verbal reasoning. The technical one includes math and coding test, medium level difficulty. Math problems involve questions like linear algebra, basic probability and statistics.
Contacted by HR, 4 rounds in total. 1st round was CV and basic statistics/coding in python. 2nd round was related to martingale/stochastics.3rd round was on SQL and puzzle. 4th was fit check with India head.
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Introduction, questions related to CV and statistics.
It was a two step process. First a phone call with HR and then a Zoom interveiw with the team. Everything was done remotely, and they were responsive and fast.
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Questions related to coding, finance, math, logic.
Quantitative Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 76 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Morgan Stanley overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Morgan Stanley as a Quantitative Analyst according to 76 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 48%
One on one interview: 15%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Background check: 3%
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